G3 PowerBook Given New Life!

I was reminiscing about all of the software I own that will not run on my 2 GHz Intel MacMini and wondering what I could do to make it useable, once again.
I began using Macs, ‘in the beginning’ … June 1984 … and I’ve been buying software for them, ever since … most of which is from [...]

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Leica V-Lux 1 & Aperture 2.1.1 … Amazing!

I recently purchased a Leica V-Lux 1 digital camera and compared it side by side with my Nikon D200.
This camera has a phenomenal 35-420 mm equivalent f/2.8-3.7 macro Leica DC Zoom Elmarit lens.
Although both cameras have 10.1 megapixel sensors, the Leica’s sensor is a smaller 4.7x crop than the Nikon’s 1.55x cropped sensor.
Surprisingly, the Leica’s [...]

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White flower

 
 
 
 
In Nature, nothing is pure white.
 
My photograph, titled white flower shows this flower in it’s multitude of subtle hues.
 
I noticed this flower at our local post office, beneath our flag.
 
The Sun was high but slightly behind the flower so that it’s front was in shade and the light came through it’s translucent petals.
 
Some of the light was [...]

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Digitizing My Family’s Photos and Art Works for Genealogy

Many years ago, I was fortunate to have been given a number of ancient photographs of family members from the mid 1800’s by my great aunt Lyle Bodenstein when I was 10 years old in 1964.
This began my interest in my family genealogy. I have currently traced it back to 1521.
I don’t want to hoard [...]

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Contest at TWIP for a Drobo Redundant Backup System

One thing that most digital photographers need is redundant backup of their images.
This isn’t cheap but the, TWIP (This Week In Photography) podcast currently have a contest that offers a Drobo system as it’s prize!
Check out the details of the contest at their web site, here.

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Discovering Your Personal Photographic Style

There is so much more to photography than techniques or rules.
Techniques should ALWAYS be the servant to your photographic vision. 
Too often, techniques are all that are taught in books and at seminars.
One photographic teacher and author that is the exception to this is Freeman Patterson.
His book, ‘Photography And The Art Of Seeing’ ISBN 9781552636145, was the [...]

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Some people photograph to see

27 years ago, one of the fascinating photographers I met was George A. Covington.
He was born legally blind with 20/400 vision in both eyes.
Aiming his camera towards your voice, he would make a Polaroid instant photo of you.
He would hold the small Polaroid print close to the side of his good eye, using a magnifying loop and [...]

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Photography can reveal unexpected glimpses of our world

For me, the ‘hook’ within photography has always been it’s magic!
I have spent most of my life absorbing it’s secrets from many people.
First there were my parents. They gave me my first 127 roll film camera for Christmas when I was 7. That was also the year they gave me my first computer … a [...]

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